Fence



(No Model.)

. J. T. LEE 8t U. P. SAWYER.

FENCE.

, Patented Nov. 10, 1896.

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JAMES T. LEE AND'URIAH P. SAVYER, OF OAMILLA, GEORGIA.

FENCE.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,049, dated November 10, 1896. Application filed September 10, 1896. Serial No. 605,360. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES T. LEE and URIAH P. SAWYEE, citizens of the United States, residing at Camilla, in the county of Mitchell and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention consists of a fence formed of posts and rails with fastening means for said rails, as hereinafter described and claimed.

It also consists of the combination and arrangement of parts, as herein set forth,where by a sectional fence having independent panels is produced.

It further consists in new and novel fastening means for securing the rails to the posts.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical' section showing one end of the rails of a section or panel in place. Fig. 2 represents a front view of a portion of a fence, the rails of two adjacent panels being in place and a single rail of a third panel. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section on line was, Fig. 2. Fig. 4: represents a side view of one of the hooks employed in the rail-fastening in the said fence. Fig. 5 represents a view of a fence-post with hook and wire for securing the rails on opposite sides of the postto the same.

Similar letters indicate similar parts in the diiferent figures.

Referring to the drawings, A A A designate fence-posts, preferably rectangular or square in horizontal cross-section, and B designates rails to be secured thereto. To one side of a post, a short distance from the ground, is secured the doubled wire 0 by means of a nail or staple D. One end of the wire is then passed over and around one end of a rail and through a hooked end E of a wire'or stay F, which has a looped central portion G, by which it is secured by means of a nail II to the same side of the fence-post as the nail D. The wire 0 is slightly bent or looped as it is passed through the hooked end E, so as to reliably lock it in place. The wire is then passed around the end of another rail B, above the first-mentioned rail, and then through a hooked end of another wire or stay and bent as before, so as to hold said second rail in place. The successive rails of the panel are secured in a similar manner on one face of the post until the fence is of the proper height, when the end of the wire is bent around and secured to a nail J, which is in line with the nails II and D. The other end of the rails of this section are secured on the opposite face of the next or adjacent post A in the same manner as the ends described. The next section is secured in like manner, the other half or end of the doubled wire 0 011 the secondmentioned post being employed in connection with the hooks on the other ends of the stay from that employed in securing the rails of the first-mentioned panel.

It will be seen that a fence constructed as described will permit the removal of a panel without affecting any adjacent panel and that it can readily and easily be put up or removed when desired. A single rail onlyneeds to be handled at one time. At the same time a strong and durable fence is formed and one which is inexpensive in character and neat in appearance.

In Fig. 5 instead of the stay F a hooked nail K is employed, said hooks on a post being all turned in one direction.

Having thus described our invention,what we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. A fence formed of posts, rails and fastening-wire, with stays having hooked ends, said stays being secured to said posts and said wires being passed around said rails and in the hooked ends of said stays, said parts being combined substantially as described. 2. A panel fence consisting of posts, rails, and fastening-wires with stays, having hooked ends the rails of each panel having their opposite ends secured to opposite faces of adjacent posts, said stays being secured to said posts and the wire on each post being doubled and secured at its center near the bottom of the post and then passed successively around and above each rail and through a hooked end of a stay, said parts being-combined substantially as described.

In a fence, fastening means for the rails' In testimony whereof We affix our sign athereof, consisting of the stays F having tnres in presence of two Witnesses. hooked ends, and a central 100p and a wire 0 adapted to be engaged with said hooked ends, JAMES T. LEE. 5 substantially as described. URIAl-I P. SAWVYER. 1

4. Inafenee fastening,astayhavinghooked lVitnesses: ends and a central loop substantially as de- JAS. V. SPENOE,

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